The Survival System

Hello! We are a system of 7 called the Survival System! Follows from surv-val

[greenmossloveisreal1998iloveyou]

Made the stew of a lifetime with no ingredients it’s all just in my mind

[system-of-a-feather]

Just a friendly reminder that you don’t need to change clothes every 5 minutes or kidnap some random girls to have D.I.D. / OSDD and be valid

[multiplicitymemes]

[odessa-system]

System Vine Asks

Step the f**k up Kyle!: Do you have specific alters that deal with any conflicts or decision making?  and they were roommates! (omg they were roommates): If you have an inner world, do any of your alters share a room or a certain space? I am the sand guardian, guardian of the sand: which of your alters do you think are the most protective of the system? I’m in me mum’s car, brum brum: If you drive, do any of your alters have different driving styles/techniques? Are any alters not allowed to drive? hey my name is trey I have a basketball game tomorrow: Do any of your alters like or play any sports? when there’s too much drama at school, all you gotta do is walk awayeyeyey: have any of your alters ever gotten you in trouble at school? how so? Chris, is that a weed?? I’m calling the police!: do any of your alters smoke/do drugs? how do the others feel about it? hey I’m lesbian - I thought you were american?: do your alters have different sexualities? I wanna be a cowboy babyyyy: what are your alters dream jobs? this b*tch empty, yeet!: are there ever times where no one wants to front? if so, how do you deal with it? omg I love chipotle, chipotle is my life!: what are each of your favourite fast food places/restaurants?  I didn’t get no sleep cuz of y’all, y’all ain’t gon get no sleep cuz of meee: what are each of your alters sleeping behaviours like? do you have different sleeping patterns? do any of you remember your dreams? 

[thunder-and-arkay-deactivated20]

Me: wow I know so much more about DID now! I'm so glad I'm coming to terms with and learning more about my condition!

My violent denial and self doubt beating me with sticks: You only know this much so you could trick people better you fraud.

[athetosisdreams]

I often get asked if alters are capable of doing certain things or see the question posed, and my answer is always: if it can happen to a singlet, it can happen to an alter.

If a non-system can change their personality and interests over time, so can an alter. If a non-system can have violent mood swings, so can an alter. If a non-system can be affected by others emotions or change their behavior based on who they’re talking to, so can an alter!

Don’t feel surprised or concerned if your alters aren’t behaving in ways that are static. They’re perfectly capable of being just as multifaceted as you and any singlet out there.

[the-memedaddy]

[ogeeitsme]

Could you explain your system like why are some of your alters fictional characters?

Hi! We’re still sick but now that I’m feelin a little better (sleeping straight for almost a whole day because we kept waking up in the middle of the night due to feeling awful) I think I can answerjshdjdh

So there are different kinds of headmates in systems, and for this ask, we’ll focus on insources and introjects

Insourced people are like,, they’re what you probably know about the most based on this ask. They are basically- or could be described as- headmate made “from scratch”. Whether they have their own backstory or not, they could be based on or influenced by some other factors but they are not “a straight rip/based on” an already existing character or person

Examples of insourced people we have right now are all the littles, Dakota, Micah, Jaiden, Matthew (we have more but we’re like 20+ of us)

Now Introjects- they can be classified under 2 categories if you’d like:

Factives: Based on real life/historical people. For example, we have a factive of Ellen Page (except we call her a factive-ISH because she’s still a little different, plus her name is Louise)

Fictives: Based on fictional characters. For example we have our main fronting circle (Kris (Deltarune), Chara (Undertale), Crowley (Good Omens), Peter (Post Endgame MCU/Marvel), Sal (Sally Face)

Fictives and Factives may or may not be almost exactly like their source (which media/person they come from) counterparts- whether they are close to canon (the events that happen in their source) or VERY divergent is completely valid.

Another term that may be seen is canon which may be defined as “your timeline”

E.g. “my canon is different from source canon”

So far all of the Fictives in our system are very close to canon,

But it does NOT stop them from growing, learning different things, or just being different overtime or even the moment they arrive

NOW, why do systems have introjects? (I know you asked about fictional characters in my system but I’m gonna make it general to introjects)

I’m not an expert, I’m not even diagnosed, but I’ve had a theory that I’ve also read from other people in systems/talked to them; and doing research on Fictives/introjects have helped

Making an alter is a long/hard job for the brain, it’s not necessarily too extremely hard but borrowing a character from a source makes it an easier job— it’s faster when you don’t have to make your own “character” and you can just go “hey we need someone like that” and bring them in

For example, when Crowley split, it was when we were surrounded by Chara’s trigger quite a lot— so much that Chara was so affected that they couldn’t function properly, being surrounded by flashbacks and their trigger (being in a physical church and having masses 4 times everyday oh my god)

So I guess you can say our brain went “time to bring out another person to handle Not Liking God”

Peter I can theorize is just another kid in the circle of “all of us have dad issues because he’s mildly absent all the time” and is a continuation of me coping over an old friend’s death with how he’s having trouble coping with tony starks death- plus his PTSD symptoms are still kind of severe

In short, Introjects are like ANY other headmate/alter

It just so happens that they are from a source

Whether they’re from an AU or your brain wrote the heaviest fan fiction doesn’t change anything about how alters are made for a reason whether we know what that is or not, whether if it’s sad they’re here or not

EDIT: because of how “faster” it is for the brain/system to bring in a Fictive, it’s completely understandable why most polyfragmented systems or big systems would have a lot of Fictives

[parakeet]

[systxmz]

When you specifically have to do something but then another headmate gets close and you start dissociating:

[didsuggestions]

Introducing: The Pals System

probably not a new idea but i’ve been having a tough time lately and i’ve only got therapy appointments sporadically and it’d be nice to have a pal to confide in specifically for these kinds of things and can confide in me, and i figured others probably feel the same way.

so i created this survey form to match people with a pal:

https://goo.gl/forms/lnuGPUA2JCjVfres1

tldr; if you want someone to talk to when you’re having a tough day and they can talk to you fill out the survey above !

[didsuggestions]

i’ve started matching people but i’ll keep responses open indefinitely! if you haven’t been matched yet it’s probably because i’m waiting for the perfect match but i’ll find you a match by the end of the week x if you’re matched up with someone you don’t click with, don’t worry, just shoot me an ask and i’ll find you someone else. if someone acts inappropriately (harassment, personal attacks, homophobic, racist, ableist, transphobic, etc) report them to me and i’ll remove them from the database.

[the-hope-system-deactivated2020]

an alter: *has pseudomemories*

me:

[collectivelychatty]

starting to accept that im literally blurry 90% of the time. like the chances of talking to me and only talking to one alter are slim to none. i mean theres always someone who is more there than others but god we’re always just dissociated and scrambled and tbh we’ve sorta given up on trying to be clear. it makes the headache worse to try to be clear. 

[pink-vivace]

Host: No no it’s fine! I’m fine!

Every alter within a metaphorical 5 mile radius:

[milkteamultiplicity]

ok, but is nobody going to talk about how much it sucks being an alter who isn’t the host? it feels like no one takes you seriously, because to them you’re just ‘one of the other personalities’ or not real or not important enough because you’re not the ‘main, original alter’

as if the host isnt also an alter. as if being an alter who isnt the host makes me less than. as if i dont have a right to a body im just as entitled to as the host. as if it isnt my life too.

im sorry. im not bitter. i just think i needed to say it. 

-seb.

[multiplicitymemes]

[constellationcollective]

Me trying to figure out who I am, where I am, and what's going on.